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The 2013 Tokyo Motor Show this year had perhaps a larger share of cutting-edge concepts when pitted against the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show. Here are the Tokyo concepts we’d love to see rolling off a factory floor.

Full disclosure: We love shooting brakes more than peanut butter loves jelly, and this one has us drooling bad.

What Subaru has done is take the obnoxiously fun-to-drive BRZ and sexed it up with increased cargo room (Surfboards! Fixies! A keg!) and a sleeker profile. Throw in the affordability factor of the BRZ and that sound you hear is our saliva puddling on the floor.

Probability Check: Subaru has been on a sales tear the last five years by playing the smart-and-practical SUV card. The BRZ was already a risky move, this is a niche too far.

We also love that he walked the walk after talking the talk. Whether done up Freeflow style or in the racy Nismo livery, the Nissan IDx gets our pulse racing with the promise of a slick looking rear-drive sports coupe.

Does it look less boy-racer than the FRS or BRZ? Absolutely. And that’s why we love it so. The coupe proportions, upright grille and fender flares are callbacks to the legendary Datsun 510 and Skyline super coupes. In case you didn’t get the message, the BRE-ish racing stripes on the Nismo variant hit you like a kick to the head. We’ll pass on the mid-life crisis, Andy, and take a couple of IDx-es.

Probability Check: If any company has the stones to challenge the Toyobaru triplets with something this retro radical, it would be Nissan (see Juke R). That being said, I think Ghosn, Palmer and Co. are waiting to see if anyone else jumps in. If Chevy is a go with Code 130R expect IDx to follow in short order.

Kode 7 and 9

To crack the Kode, first know that KO stands for Ken Okuyama and DE means design. Okuyama is a legendary car designer who has not only lead the transportation design program at the highly influential Art Center in Pasadena, but also styled some of the most acclaimed sports cars of our generation. His resume includes major projects at GM (C5 Corvette), Honda/Acura (NSX), Ferrari (Enzo, P4/5, 599), and Porsche (996 911 and Boxster).

Kode 7 is an update to the ko.7 that debuted at the 2008 Geneva motor show and is a track day special similar in concept to the Ariel Atom. Transversely mounted in the middle of the Kode 7’s aluminum chassis is what looks to be 4-cylinder Honda engine (complete with red valve cover) making a claimed 230 hp. That may not sound like a lot, until you consider the claimed 1675-lb curb weight.

The Kode 9, with 60’s racecar-inspired body work and underpinnings, is purportedly propelled by a supercharged 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine making 370 hp; more power than the Kode 7 because it weighs more (a little less than 2000 pounds).

To recap: stunning design by an industry legend, excellent power-to-weight ratio, and the promise of some serious driving fun. Where do we sign up?

Probability check: You can order a Kode 7 Exclusive tomorrow if you have $250,000 today. No word on how much a Kode 9 will set you back.

The next-gen Montero concept looks pretty buff and burly, but Mitsubishi head of design Masuko Matsuhara really nailed it with the styling of the Concept XR-PHEV. It looks like a lifted and flare-fendered European Civic Type-R hatchback, with shades of WRC rally racer and Ranger Rover Evoque thrown in for good measure.

But despite the wild style, it’s not inconceivably packaged or proportionally unrealistic. If this becomes the next Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, it can’t come soon enough.

Probability Check: Could happen. Matsuhara-san wants it as-is, but he’ll have to outmaneuver the engineers and bean counters.

Daihatsu Kopen and FC Deco Deck

Forget for a moment that Daihatsu is a Japanese microcar specialist that hasn’t sold regular-sized cars in the U.S. since 1992. You’d still take either of these wouldn’t you? And drive it straight to the next Cars & Calories meeting? Yep. So would we.

Despite its front-wheel-drive status, the Kopen “future included” RMZ is quite compelling. The tiny two-seater boasts a 660cc turbo, intercooled, 3-cylinder engine and manual transmission in a package just longer than eleven feet. Could be fun to drive. It’d definitely be fun to park. More intriguing, Daihatsu says it will release the schematics for the spiffy interchangeable body panels to aftermarket tuners to spur creation of wilder versions.

Cab-over mini-semi truck meets stainless steel refrigerator in the FC Deco Deck concept. Even after reading the Japanese/English brochure, we’re not quite sure what powers the Deck’s fuel cell powertrain, except that it’s a liquid called CleaN2 that requires no precious metals (PMfLFC). We also can’t tell if the FC Deco Deck is meant to be driven, plugged into a wall, or comes with an in-the-door ice and water dispenser. And yet we want it. Badly.